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Chapter 160 The Lakers coaching staff’s low-level mistakes

Author: Autumn Leaves Orange Yellow

Chapter 160 The Lakers coaching staff’s low-level mistakes

When facing the Bulls imitating the Warriors' elevator door tactics, Xiao Ka's defensive choice was perfect.

If Xiao Ka chose at that time, the Lakers should defend this goal like this.

Before the Nuggets' elevator door cover was formed, Kobe could not follow Li Ran, but instead signaled Ariza, who was defending Anthony, to pay attention to changing defenses.

At the same time, Kobe stared at O'Neal face to face, and was also distracted to look at Li Ran.

In this way, Kobe can do more defensive responses.

When O'Neal and another Nuggets finished the elevator door cover at the free throw line, Kobe needed to quickly get on the snatch.

He needed to stand directly at the "elevator door" when the two of them opened the door.

At this time Kobe's stop, the Nuggets had no chance to open the door, and the elevator door cover became O'Neal's single cover.

Because Kobe defended with one-to-two, Ariza, the elite wing defender, had the opportunity to roam and repair the defense and wait for an opportunity to move.

At this point, the elevator door became O'Neal's single pick-and-roll against Li Ran.

But for a moment, the Lakers could not think of such a defensive response.

Although there is no correct solution, the Lakers coaching staff is not a vegetarian. After a night of research, they finally found a defensive method that seems useful.

That is Li Ran who asked Kobe or Ariza to pass the gear in advance, run to the other side of the elevator door, and wait for Li Ran to run over after opening the door.

On the other side, there are Gasol and An Zhu, so there is no need to worry that Li Ran can shoot directly without the goal.

The tactics seem to be beautiful, but the Lakers ignore a fatal problem.

This problem was directly exposed after the third game between the two sides started the next day.

After both sides kicked off, the Nuggets still adopted the elevator door tactic without hesitation during the first attack.

The Lakers also ran according to the tactics arranged by the coaching staff yesterday.

Kobe directly abandoned Li Ran, and An Zhu, who was responsible for defending O'Neal, temporarily watched Li Ran, and he bypassed the wall of humans composed of O'Neal and Nene and ran to the outside.

As long as he stands in front of Li Ran, this tactic will have no power. Li Ran still needs to face the problem of how to enter the inside line, because he ran out with his back to the basket.

The tactics look beautiful, but the facts are beyond everyone's expectations.

Li Ran was stunned when he held the ball and faced the empty basket.

He didn't expect that the elevator door tactic could put such great pressure on the Lakers.

He even made a low-level mistake.

The scene is now like this - O'Neal, Nene, Anzhu and Gasol are all standing at the high position near the free throw line, Anthony took Ariza around the three-point line, and Billups after passing the ball

Take Fisher around the bottom line on the other side.

Li Ran was originally following Kobe, but now Kobe has run to the outside line in advance.

Then the question is.

The Lakers' inside players were all out, and their baskets were empty.

After O'Neal passed the ball to Li Ran, this was the situation in front of Li Ran.

Due to the position issue, the Lakers player closest to Li Ran is An Zhu on his side.

Li Ran changed his attention instantly, forced the ball back and rushed straight to the basket.

Phil Jackson felt like a fool.

They paid too much attention to Li Ran's three-pointer, but they forgot how Li Ran became famous.

When Li Ran used a flowing 36 to dial the ball into the ball, Staples became clear in the center of the court.

Lakers fans were silent.

However, Nuggets fans who only occupy a small piece of land were cheering.

The Nuggets only used one offense to completely smash the Lakers' defensive strategy.

You send the defender to the outside in advance, it looks beautiful, but what should you do with the inside?

Phil Jackson called another pause and arranged for one of Gasol or Anzhu not to leave the bottom line, pay attention to the frame protection.

But on the other side, George Carl made corresponding adjustments in advance.

His adjustment was very simple, and he replaced Nen and Yi Jianlian.

This time, O'Neal did not hand the ball over to Li Ran who came in from the wing, but handed it to Ah Lian beside him.

With no defense, Ahlian took a step forward and made a mid-range and long-distance jump shot.

In these rounds, the exchange between the Lakers and the Nuggets was dazzling and it was extremely exciting.

But in terms of the final scene, the Nuggets have the upper hand.

In fact, this is not that George Carl's coaching ability crushed Phil Jackson, but that there are too many cards in the Nuggets' hands.

Although O'Neal's big contract took up a lot of salary space for the Nuggets, Li Ran's child labor contract still gave them enough room to sign players who strengthened their roster.

So, Yi Jianlian came, Szebiak came, Livingston came, and Gott came.

With such a lineup, George Carl is very calm in the arrangement of troops and can adjust it according to the opponent's playing style.

After the first fierce battle, the Nuggets finally played their regular season performance in the next two games.

Strong, powerful, and looks like there is no weakness.

At the end of the half, the Nuggets once again led the Lakers by 12 points, and the situation of the game seemed to be moving towards the pace of the previous game.

But what is the price?

The price is that Anthony's second and third shots fell again.

He has only scored 14 points in this game.

Before he knew it, Li Ran had become the core of the Nuggets' offensive in the playoffs.

It took him two full rounds of games to gain his current status.

George Carl is still a little greedy. He feels that if Li Ran can develop his organizational capabilities, then Li Ran is simply a perfect player.

Although Anthony still led Li Ran with 26.7 points in the average data of this round, Li Ran's average score has reached 25.5 points.

In the first two rounds, the data of the two are:

In the first round, Anthony averaged 27.2 points per game and Li Ran 15.6 points.

In the second round, Anthony averaged 28.5 points and Li Ran averaged 21.2 points.

The difference in scoring between the two is getting smaller and smaller.

If this continues, when the Nuggets defeat the Lakers and enter the finals...

If the Lakers want to win this round of series, they must win all their home games, so that they can have enough fault tolerance to challenge the Nuggets at home to Pepsi Center.

So Kobe stood up.

It's Kobe again, but it can only be Kobe.

Since you can't defend, then attack.

At the beginning of the third section, the situation suddenly changed.

Kobe scored 17 points in a row, narrowing the gap between the two teams to only five points left.

This black mamba finally revealed his sharp fangs at the most critical moment and spit out deadly venom at the Nuggets.

Li Ran sat under the court with a sweat on his face, with a towel on his head, listening to George Carl's tactics for the last section.

(End of this chapter)